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Use with the (group-theory) tag. Groups describe the symmetries of an object through their actions on the object. For example, Dihedral groups of order $2n$ acts on regular $n$-gons, $S_n$ acts on the numbers $\{1, 2, \ldots, n\}$ and the Rubik's cube group acts on Rubik's cube.

I am working on a project in my group theory class to find an outer automorphism of $S_6$, which has already been addressed at length on this site and others. I have a prescription for how to go about ...

I'm not good with categories. I've attempted several times to understand what a natural transformation is, and so far I've failed. But I'm trying to learn algebraic topology now, and it seems that I ...

This question is inspired by questions $4.1.1$ and $4.1.2$ of Dummit and Foote. The hypothesis for the first question is formulated as: "Let $G$ act on the set $A$", and the hypothesis for the second ...

Let $G$ be the set of bijections $\mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ which preserve the distance between pairs of points, and send integers to integers. Then $G$ is a group under composition of functions. The ...

everyone! Would anyone be willing to give me any sort of help with the following question?
Let $n\ge 4$ and $A_n$ the alternating group. Let $N$ a non-trivial normal subgroup of $A_n$. Prove that the ...

Consider $G,H \leq S_n$ and their natural action on $[n] = \{1,\ldots,n\}.$ We say that $G$ and $H$ are permutation isomorphic if there is a bijection $\varphi:[n] \mapsto [n]$ and group isomorphism ...

Let $p$ be a rational prime and $H$ be a finite cyclic group of prime order $l$ prime to $p$, i.e. $(l,p) = 1$. Let $G$ be a finite abelian group of $p$-power order.
If I can write an (abelian) group ...

Let $X=(0,\infty)$ be the set of positive real numbers. Let $G=\mathbb{Q}\backslash\{0\}$ be the multiplicative group of rational numbers. $G$ acts freely on $X$ by exponentiation: $r\cdot x=x^r$ for ...